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pastoral

/pas-ter-uhl, pah-ster-/US // ˈpæs tər əl, ˈpɑ stər- //UK // (ˈpɑːstərəl) //

牧民,牧业,牧歌,牧区

Related Words

bucolic乡土,乡土的,乡土气息,古朴rural农村,乡村,农村地区,农村的idyllic田园诗般的,田园诗般地,田园诗般,田园风光agrarian农业,农业的,农耕,农耕的rustic伧俗的,伧俗,乡下人,乡村simple简单,简单的,单纯的,单纯country国家,乡村,国arcadian弧形的,弧度,弧形,弧度的sylvan树林,树林的,树林的人provincial省级,省级的,各省,各省的countrified乡镇化,乡镇化的,乡土化,乡土气息浓厚agrestic同意,同意的,同意的人outland外地,外地人,祖国大陆,外地的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
    • : pertaining to the country or to life in the country; rural; rustic.
    • : portraying or suggesting idyllically the life of shepherds or of the country, as a work of literature, art, or music: pastoral poetry; a pastoral symphony.
    • : of, relating to, or consisting of shepherds.
    • : of or relating to a pastor or the duties of a pastor: pastoral visits to a hospital.
    • : used for pasture, as land.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a poem, play, or the like, dealing with the life of shepherds, commonly in a conventional or artificial manner, or with simple rural life generally; a bucolic.
    • : a picture or work of art representing the shepherds' life.
    • : Music. pastorale.
    • : a treatise on the duties of a pastor.
    • : a letter to the people from their spiritual pastor.
    • : a letter to the clergy or people of an ecclesiastical district from its bishop.
    • : Also called pastoral staff . crosier.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.peaceful, especially referring to the countryside
Synonyms
agrarian农业,农业的,农耕,农耕的bucolic乡土,乡土的,乡土气息,古朴idyllic田园诗般的,田园诗般地,田园诗般,田园风光rural农村,乡村,农村地区,农村的rustic伧俗的,伧俗,乡下人,乡村arcadian弧形的,弧度,弧形,弧度的country国家,乡村,国provincial省级,省级的,各省,各省的simple简单,简单的,单纯的,单纯sylvan树林,树林的,树林的人agrestic同意,同意的,同意的人countrified乡镇化,乡镇化的,乡土化,乡土气息浓厚outland外地,外地人,祖国大陆,外地的

Examples

  • Takeda’s video-collage shuttles rapidly through various photo-based locations, usually urban but occasionally as pastoral as in previous year’s shows.

  • An example that I’m aware of was a big wind farm in Kenya, and it was on pastoral land belonging to pastoralists.

  • These aren’t the idyllic, pastoral farms we’re taught to picture as children, with birds free to wander around in the greenery.

  • For a short stroll or run, check out pastoral Harmon Canyon Preserve, which slices through the mountainous foothills perched at the city’s northern edge.

  • Those posts cite prominent conversion “therapists” and include a video with advice for conversion therapy practitioners and others that falsely suggest “Schema therapy” and “professionals and pastoral mentors” can successfully change LGBTQ people.

  • He is to be admired for his kindness and genuine pastoral concern for all the members of his flock.

  • The carriage drivers insist that a great majority of their horses live to enjoy a pastoral retirement.

  • Fast forward about 20 years, and this American Pastoral image of college seems, for the average college student, an ancient dream.

  • It is a novel of suspense and secrets, a pastoral novel that slowly tears the pastoral apart.

  • For most of the year, pastoral Pag is home to roughly eight thousand residents and thirty thousand indigenous sheep.

  • The abnormal rise in wages had the bad effect of inducing the natives to leave their pastoral pursuits to flock into the towns.

  • Alàri, too, offers a marvellously carved wooden cup, adorned with pastoral scenes.

  • Can you imagine anything more pastoral than a traffic in cream and butter and eggs?

  • Stowmarket, as I have said, had the honour of being placed under the pastoral care of one of these Smectymnian divines.

  • In addition Broken Hill is the centre of one of the largest pastoral districts in Australia.

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